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Dual Flush Toilets

Dual flush toilets and things to look for when shopping for a toilet. (toilet buying guide)

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Now The Taps are Dry: Poetry, Environmentalism and Water Conservation

I must start off with a confession, I never used to pay much attention to environmental conservation. I would listen to people talk about the importance of planting trees and saving forests and I would never...

9 comments    water environment global warming
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Southern California, If We Don’t Conserve Water We Will Shrivel Up Like A Raisin

Southern California and the rest of the world is facing sever water shortages due to politics, endangered species act and record low run off and rain fall. Specifically in Southern California where a...

2 comments    home environment green lifestyle
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Tips for Conserving Water

With the unofficial start of summer this past weekend, most folk's water bills will be rising. Americans are somewhat obsessed with who has the greenest lawn and use lots of water each week to keep it green....

7 comments    home water environment
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Southern California Gardening

The cucumber plant. California is a great big ole state, with a multitude of microclimates. So let's get specific. "Between San Diego and The Desert Gardening."  A little long, not as catchy, but a more...

2 comments    humor gardening garden
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A Partial Solution to the Water Shortage Problem

Water is aptly known as the staff of life.  After oxygen, it is the most vital component in human life and of most other forms of animal life on the planet, not to mention its value to all other forms of...

0 comments    water conservation
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Importance of water conservation

Water conservation importance. Water is very important content. With out water there is no life in earth. We use water in so many ways in our daily life. Water is a substance which covers ¾ part of the...

2 comments    water conservation
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The United States Drought and Dust Bowl of 1930-1938

The years of 1930-1938 were a time of drought throughout the United States. This time of drought caused one of the largest population shifts in U.S. History. As the crops died, farmers and their families...

6 comments    education history united states
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Using a Water Timer Saves Water And Makes Gardening Easier

Water timers for your outdoor faucets are wonderful time and water saving devices. They can cost as little as thirty five dollars and allow you to set up watering schedules that free you to do other things...

1 comment    budget gardening green
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Why Must We Conserve Water When it is Everywhere???

Conserve water? My feelings had always been, "there is water everywhere, why in the world are many out there wanting us to save or conserve water?" I knew that the Earth was only about 30% land and the rest...

0 comments    water water conservation
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